“It’s unfortunate we did not see this coming. I am concerned with the citizens who have been affected by this, their lives, businesses, movement and activities, and to an extent it might affect their attitude towards voting on the rescheduled date as well.

“Usually elections like this might encounter logistics challenges that need to be addressed, but it calls for careful management so as not to make the citizens feel bad and take to apathy.

“For me, I am still here, though it has extra budgetary implications, but I will manage to do my job of reporting till the end.

“I pray all events leading to and after the elections go very well without any challenge,” she said.